Stark Flaver Ginn JrStark Flaver Ginn Jr. completed his life journey on Earth and joined his Lord Jesus Christ on Sunday, July 27, 2014. He died peacefully at Wood Assisted Living, Givens Estates in Asheville, North ...

Ralph Jenkins Dickerson Ralph Jenkins Dickerson, 97, of Clayton, died Tuesday, July 22, 2014, in Mountain Lakes Medical Center in Clayton. Born in Hartwell, May 6, 1917, he was the son of the late V.C. Dickerson Sr. and M...

Earl R. LovellEarl R. Lovell, 81, of Clarkesville, passed away Monday, July 28, 2014, at his residence. Born in Rabun County on April 20, 1933, he was a son of the late John Lovell Jr. and Belle Martin Lovell. M...

Ernest Michael MerkelisErnest Michael Merkelis, 62, of Clayton, passed away July 26, 2014, at Heavens Landing Airpark. Born November 6, 1951, in East Chicago, Indiana, to Ernest and Helen Merkelis, he grew up in Calumet ...

Johnny Ray WithrowJohnny Ray Withrow, 72, of Brunswick, passed away Friday, July 25, 2014, at Southeast Georgia Health System. He was born to the late John W. and Ruth Boyd Withrow in Brunswick on April 26, 1942. A ...

Thomas Fountain, Jr.Thomas Fountain, Jr., 78, of Clayton, died Sunday July 20, 2014, at his residence. Born in Rabun Gap, Oct. 1, 1935, he was the son of the late Thomas Fountain, Sr., and Vassie Garland Fountain. He ...

James W. “Jimmy” Osborne James W. “Jimmy” Osborne, Sr. 96, of Persimmon Road, Clayton, died Sunday July 20, 2014, at his home in the Persimmon community. He was born July 1, 1918 in Fitzgerald, to Olen Effie Osborne and Be...

Mae HardmanMae Hardman, of Rabun Gap, formerly of Porterdale, passed away July 15, 2014. Mae was born Nov. 26, 1925, to Carrie Mae (Lunsford) and William Grady Hardman. She had lived in Rabun County since 197...

Stephen Albert ThompsonStephen Albert Thompson, age 85, of Rabun Gap, passed away July 17, 2014. He was born May 23, 1929. He was the son of the late Carley and Gladys Thompson and is also preceded in death by a loving b...

Robert Dewitt “Bob” Massee Robert Dewitt “Bob” Massee, 83, of Tiger, died Friday, July 18, 2014, at Mountain Lakes Medical Center in Clayton. He was born in Atlanta, Oct. 2, 1930, the son of the late Richard Drew Massee, Sr....

Nancy Jo LewisNancy Jo Lewis, of Dillard, (formerly of Orlando, Florida) went to be with the Lord on July 7, 2014. Local services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Head of Tennessee Church, Dillard. Nancy was born on...

Judy Dotson MooreJudy Dotson Moore, 61, of Alto, passed away Friday, July 11, 2014, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. She was born July 7, 1953 in Clayton and was the daughter of the late Earl W. Dotson and Melb...

Sally Irene TrappSally Irene Trapp of Clayton, Georgia, and Jensen Beach, Florida, was called to the Lord on June 27, 2014. Sally was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, to George and Irene Thompson. Sally leaves behind he...

Robert E. RitchieRobert E. Ritchie, 87, of Gainesville, Georgia, passed away Wednesday, July 2, 2014. He was born in Rabun County, and was the son of the late Ed and Varina Burrell Ritchie. In addition to his paren...

Louise Queen FarmerLouise Queen Farmer, 82, of Mountain City, Georgia, died Saturday night, July 5, 2014 in Habersham Medical Center, Demorest. Born in Mountain City, May 21, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Ar...

Camilla “Milla” Ryann Watts Camilla “Milla” Ryann Watts, newborn daughter of Kenneth Watts and Cass McDonald Watts of Clayton, entered into Heaven and into the arms of the Lord shortly after birth at Northside Hospital in Atl...

Elizabeth “Lib” Frierson Kennedy Elizabeth “Lib” Frierson Kennedy passed away on Thursday, June 19, 2014. She was born November 22, 1914, in Florence, South Carolina to Alice Wilburn Frierson and William DeLancey Frierson. Upon t...

Martin F. ScobeeMarvin F. Scobee, 80, of Clarkesville, died Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Mr. Scobee, born in Louisville, Kentucky, was a son of the late Marvin F. and Rachel Scobee. He was a 1956 graduate of Miami Univ...

William Logan SpeedWilliam Logan Speed, born January 13, 1957, of the Warwoman Community of Clayton, fought the battle of his life against cancer and left this earth on Friday, June 20, 2014, at 5:52 p.m. to join his...

Melvin Lee GaglianoMelvin Lee, “Mel” Gagliano, 72, of Clayton, died June 19, 2014, at his home after a 13 month battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born on January 24, 1942, in Coos Bay, Oregon. He was a United Sta...

James Lester “Jim” Carpenter James Lester “Jim” Carpenter, 66, of Tiger, died Tuesday June 17, 2014 at the home of his sister, Dot Webb on Syrup City Road, Tiger. He was born June 23, 1947 in Rabun County to Fred Lester Carpen...

Janie P. TaylorJanie Pleasants Warren Taylor, 83, of Tiger, widow of Melvin Taylor, died on June 14, 2014. She was born on November 18, 1930, to the late Clyde Arrendale Pleasants English and Miles Otis Pleasants...

Delilah “Dolly” Watts PittsDelilah “Dolly” Watts Pitts, 84, of Rabun Gap, died Monday, June 16, 2014, at her residence. Born June 12, 1930, in Tiger, she was the daughter of the late Hubert D. and Ethel Baker Watts. She was ...

Vicki Lynn RogersVicki Lynn Rogers, 41, of Marsen Knob Drive, Rabun Gap, died Sunday, June 8, 2014, at her residence. Born in Franklin, North Carolina, July 25, 1972, she was the daughter of the late David Roy Roge...

Gary James PollardGary James Pollard, 45, of Alto, passed away Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Mr. Pollard was born March 25, 1969, in Clayton to the late James and Katherine Davenport Pollard. He was employed with Habersha...

Capt. Clifford CormierCapt. Clifford Cormier of Van Buren and Bangor, Maine, died Friday, June 6, 2014, at his home in Mountain City. Born in 1931, in Van Buren, to Paul J. Cormier and Eva Theriault Cormier, he was a br...

James Tinsley Holmes Sr.James Tinsley “Jim” Holmes of Lake Burton, passed away Thursday, June 5, 2014, after a brief but courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He is survived by: a son James and wife Mary of Asheville,...

Linda Gail Holland Ritchie Linda Gail Holland Ritchie, 65, of Clayton, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, June 9, 2014. She was born in Franklin, North Carolina, to the late Jack Lee Holland and Hilda Smith Holland. Sh...

Carey King Williamson Jr.Carey King Williamson Jr., 91, of Clayton, died June 7, 2014. Carey was born Sept. 16, 1922, in Macon to the late Carey King Williamson and Iva Mae Weaver Williamson. As a child, he traveled with t...

James Paul WootenJames Paul Wooten, 85, of Clayton, passed away Thursday, June 5, 2014, at his residence. He was born in Franklin, N.C., to the late Charlie Washington Wooten and Ruth Jane Brown Wooten. In addition...

John BradshawJohn Bradshaw, 87, of Clayton, died Thursday, June 5, 2014, at Mountain Lakes Medical Center. He was born March 8, 1927, in Yancey County, North Carolina, to the late Ralph and Mary Williams Bradsh...

Gwenda Lee CannonGwenda Lee Cannon, 72, of Sandy Springs, died Thursday, May 22, 2014, at Northside Hospital in Atlanta. She was born Aug. 12, 1941, in Rabun County to the late Clyde P. and Evelyn Carpenter Cannon....

William ‘Bill’ A. Echols Jr.William Allen Echols Jr., 86, of Murray, Kentucky, died Monday, June 2, 2014, at his home. He is survived by: his wife of 63 years, Agnes “Dolly” Echols; a son, William T. Echols of Clayton; three ...

Harriet Gravley DaytonHarriet Gravley Dayton, 77, of Clayton, died Monday, May 19, 2014, at her home. She was born Oct. 17, 1936, in the Warwoman community of Rabun County to the late William Roy Gravley and Kancie Gall...

Wilhelmina Jean Justus PhillipsWilhelmina Jean Justus Phillips, 72, of Westminster, S.C., went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday morning, May 28, 2014. She was born Dec. 20, 1941, in Rabun County to the late Prelo D. a...

Jay Robert RogersJay Robert Rogers, 79, of Mountain City, passed away Saturday, May 24, 2014, at Murphy Medical Center in Murphy, N.C. He was of the United Methodist faith and a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. Mr. R...